diff --git a/Mac/AppDelegate.swift b/Mac/AppDelegate.swift
index 6ca391b06..a85e15235 100644
--- a/Mac/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/Mac/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -149,10 +149,9 @@ import Sparkle
 		
 		CacheCleaner.purgeIfNecessary()
 
-		FaviconDownloader.shared.delegate = self
-		FeedIconDownloader.shared.delegate = self
+		initializeDownloaders()
 	}
-	
+
 	func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ note: Notification) {
 
 		#if MAC_APP_STORE || TEST
diff --git a/Shared/AppDelegate+Shared.swift b/Shared/AppDelegate+Shared.swift
index c1cef6125..8a059fb9a 100644
--- a/Shared/AppDelegate+Shared.swift
+++ b/Shared/AppDelegate+Shared.swift
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ extension AppDelegate: FaviconDownloaderDelegate, FeedIconDownloaderDelegate {
 
 		await HTMLMetadataDownloader.downloadMetadata(for: url)
 	}
+
+	func initializeDownloaders() {
+
+		FaviconDownloader.shared.delegate = self
+		FeedIconDownloader.shared.delegate = self
+	}
 }